Eva Illouz

I’m a sociologist and I teach in Paris at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

My work is about the sociology of emotions, the sociology of capitalism, the sociology of consumer culture and the interface between all of these. I’m the author of 13 books, and perhaps most recently The End of Love.

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Publications

lllouz, E. (2019). The End of Love: A Sociology of Negative Relations. Oxford University Press.
Illouz, E. (2012). Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation. Polity.
Illouz, E. (2007). Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism. Polity.
Illouz, E. (1997). Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. University of California Press.
Cabanas, E., & Illouz, E. (2019). Manufacturing Happy Citizens: How the Science and Industry of Happiness Control our Lives. Polity.
Geiselberger, H. (Ed.). (2017). The Great Regression. Polity.

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Hard-core romance: fifty shades of grey, best-sellers, and society

The End of Love: a sociology of negative relations

Emotions as Commodities Capitalism, Consumption and Authenticity

Manufacturing Happy Citizens: How the Science and Industry of Happiness Control our Lives

Oprah Winfrey and the glamour of misery

Cold intimacies: the making of emotional capitalism

Saving the modern soul

Why love hurts